There’s no more closely watched felony court judicial race in the Democratic primary than the battle between state District Judge Lena Levario and her challenger, Dallas County prosecutor Tammy Kemp.

For a criminal court bench, the race is attracting big money from donors, including support from Lisa Blue, a lawyer and big-time supporter of Democrats who was at odds with Levario over the past year.

The most recent campaign finance reports were due Monday, and they show Kemp raised more than twice what Levario did in the reporting period.

One of Kemp’s biggest donors is the Lone Star Project, of which Blue is a big financial supporter. Blue also held a fundraiser for Kemp, though she did not personally donate directly to Kemp’s campaign, according to the most recent finance report.

Last March, Levario held Kemp’s boss, District Attorney Craig Watkins, in contempt of court in a case in which he was accused of prosecutorial misconduct. He was later acquitted. He had been accused of indicting an oil family heir, All Hill III, to aid Blue, who was in litigation with Hill over attorney fees. A grand jury indicted Hill, and he said that the pending criminal cases preventing him from testifying at the civil trial against Blue and other attorneys. Hill ultimately lost, though that decision is being revisited.

Kemp is one of six of Watkins’ prosecutors running for felony court benches with his blessing. Some say Watkins is running a slate of prosecutors, but he denies it.

Since the last campaign finance report due 30 days before the March 4 election, Kemp has raised more than $38,0000. Levario has raised more than $16,000.

The Lone Star Project donated nearly $3,200 in in-kind services to Kemp for expenses such as mailers to voters attacking Levario, radio ads and polling. Several of Kemp’s recent donors are civil attorneys.

Levario received $1,500 from the Texas Latina List PAC.

Levario had more than $13,000 in cash remaining. Kemp had nearly $5,000.